UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5991

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5991
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5991.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5991
Upstream
Published
2017-02-15T06:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:53Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465. The pdfrunxobject function in pdf-op-run.c encounters a NULL pointer dereference during a Fitz fzpaintpixmapwithmask painting operation. Versions 1.11 and later are unaffected.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mupdf

Package

Name
mupdf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mupdf@1.7a-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-1
1.7a-1